Risk factors for breast cancer among Japanese women: A case-control study in Ibaraki, Japan

Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-358

  Ueji, Masaru ^a   Ueno, Ei ^a   Osei Hyiaman, Douglas ^a   Saito, Tomoko ^a   Takahashi, Hideto ^a   Kano, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Case control; Japanese women; Lifestyle; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745908623     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967431     Document Type: Article

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